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So, another year has come and gone! I know it's been quiet here, but as far as my speedrunning goes, I've gotten three PB's on the leaderboards, one of them being a new run I've picked up (Sonic The Hedgehog Forever). I got the sub-20 minute time I've been grinding for in Sonic 2, and I'm working my way to reclaiming WR for the Tails in Sonic 1 romhack.
This year is a special year for this site, the end of February will mark its 20th anniversary. That's right, we've been around for 20 years, through a few name changes. While it has been quiet on the forums these days (much of the activity is now on the Discord server (https://discord.gg/ZNJ8H5a)), it does mean a lot to me, at least. I do have things planned for here and on Discord in the near future.
For some reason, I forgot to post an announcement about the arcade being back. But it's back, thanks to Ruffle. Some games may or may not work fully yet, but for the most part everything works well!
I will be restructuring the forums a bit, and I'm considering adding RSS feeds to the Discord server so posts will be visible there, too.
As for .para//Bound, I'm almost done with the second town. I've got things set up to where I can do scripting from wherever. I still have to fix some of the sprites that got messed up by GIMP. And I will be posting updates on this more often. I know it's been a few years since I posted anything in the .para//Bound board.
And I'm planning on doing more than speedruns on my streams. I've cleared 3 games from my Steam backlog this past year, and I'm currently working on Recettear. I also plan on running Tanglewood more often. Still working on the schedule for that, but I feel like alternating Fridays for casual games and Tanglewood would work out well.
That's pretty much it for now! Here's to a (hopefully productive) and happy new year!